Frank Sinatra - Live in Paris - 180g Audiophile double LP
Live In Paris is Frank Sinatra’s definitive concert album. No live set better captures the essence of the singer’s voice, showmanship, and command than this 1962 session. Backed only by a sextet, the main focus here is on Sinatra’s peerless singing, phrasing, and style. It’s impossible to overstate the magnificence of the interpretations here. Looking for the ultimate renditions of “My Funny Valentine,” “One for My Baby,” “Night and Day,” and “Ol’ Man River”? Search no more.
Ever since its 1994 release, the lone drawback to Sinatra in Paris has been that of the inferior sound quality. Lament the shortcoming no more. Half-speed mastered from the original tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered limited-edition 2-LP set lifts the veil on the music, and allows it to soar with a richness, texture, openness, and presence that have until now gone missing.
Side 1.
1. Introduction - Charles Aznavour
2. Goody Goody
3. Imagination
4. At Long Last Love
5. Moonlight in Vermont
6. Without a Song
7. Day In — Day Out
8. I've Got You Under My Skin
Side 2.
1. I Get a Kick Out of You
2. Second Time Around
3. Too Marvelous for Words
4. My Funny Valentine
5. In the Still of the Night
6. April in Paris
7. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
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Side 3.
1. They Can't Take That Away from Me
2. Chicago (That Toddling Town)
3. Night and Day
4. I Could Have Danced All Night
5. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Side 4.
1. Foggy Day
2. Ol' Man River
3. Lady Is a Tramp
4. I Love Paris
5. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
6. Come Fly With Me |
"If anyone ever shows doubt when you extol the genius of Sinatra, this set is an argument-ender like no other. He charms the audience of the aris Olympia, back by a sextet made up of studio maestri, working with him through 26 standards - all of which he makes his own. He turned to Gershwin, Porter, Harburg, Lerner & Lowe, Arlen, Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Hammerstein and others of that celestial calibre, for 'A Foggy Day', I've Got You Under My Skin', 'April in Paris', 'Come Fly With Me', 'One For My Baby' - not a single song on the two LPs drops below the rank of masterpiece. And oh! Does he swing! Dating from '62, it's Frank at one of his peaks. Savour it like no other live album you'll ever own." KK
Sound Quality 93% Performance 100%
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